18. Habit (II)

Due to illness, Song Wenbin stayed in the Northeast until the end of the year, and his body seemed to be really overdrawn to the limit because of his perennial travel, and he always had a fever and cold repeatedly.

At the end of the year, the three of them brought some fruits and gifts, followed Director Liu, and went to the old man's house in his mouth.

The old man's family is not rich, but it is quite well-off, and it is the grandson of the old man who receives them, and they are very solemn about the visit of the program team, and the house is full of snacks and preserved fruits early.

Sutina was not interested in the nature of the visit, but she was very interested in other people's frozen pears and kept kneading them. Huo Yuhe led Song Wenbin straight to the inner hall, where the centenarian Zhang Yuanming was resting on a recliner.

Seeing Song Wenbin come in, his dim eyes showed a hint of brilliance, and he sat up from the chair slowly, and Song Wenbin hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

After hearing the intention of the three of them, the old man let out a long sigh.

"Ah, dragon."

Then there was a long, long silence, so long that Huo Yu, who was holding a small notebook, couldn't sit still, and kept giving Song Wenbin a look next to him.

Zhang Yuanming broke free from the long and long memories, and he said: "It was when I was seven years old...... After I finished feeding the cattle in the cowshed, I saw the village chief with people, carrying water, walking out of the village in a group, I didn't know what they were going to do, so I went to ask my second master, and my second master told me that they were going to save the dragon. ”

The old man's words were accented, and it took some strength to distinguish them clearly, but Song Wenbin, who heard them clearly, couldn't help but get goosebumps.

"Save the dragon?" Huo Yu's ears were almost on the old man's face.

"Ahh Oh, yes... I was young at the time, and I joined in the fun, so I also picked a small basin of water, followed by the second master... It was in the reeds at the mouth of the river. It was a big, big dragon, black, lying on the ground, mooing and mooing. ”

Huo Yu's eyes widened, and he hurriedly recorded it in his hand.

"Moo, are you sure it's not a cow?" Sutina didn't enter the house, took a frozen pear, leaned against the door and pouted.

The old man did not answer, and he was once again mired in his memories.

After another long memory, the old man said slowly: "The village chief took the people in the village and poured buckets of water on the dragon. The dragon's scales were like this, boom, boom, and crawling with flies. ”

The old man's words made Song Wenbin couldn't help frowning, he had never seen that kind of picture, but just thinking about it, it was disgusting.

"Flies, do you smell of them?" Huo Yu listened attentively.

"Yes, it's big, it's fishy." The old man immediately said: "I can't forget that smell to this day, it's fishy, very fishy." I haven't smelled that anywhere else. ”

"How big? The dragon! ”

Huo Yu suppressed his excitement and asked.

"Ten meters or so, I don't know how big it is, the second master didn't let me get too close, they built a shed near there to block it from the sun." The old man said slowly.

"When?" Huo Yu immediately asked, "Spring, summer, autumn?" ”

"I can't remember, it's been too long......"

The old man recalled for a long time and was a little depressed.

"It's supposed to be a stranded whale."

Sutina said nonchalantly in the back.

The old man still didn't answer, as if he hadn't heard it at all, and he was dumbfounded and sluggish. Until Huo Yu asked, "Old man, could it be a whale?" ”

The old man suddenly came back to his senses and shook his head: "My second master and third uncle are all begging for food in the sea, and I have also been on the boat, and the whale has no scales." ”

Sutina's eyes widened as she nibbled on a frozen pear.

"There are scales, and what else? Do you have claws? ”

Huo Yu took the notebook shorthand.

"Yes, four." The old man recalled: "But they were all buried in the earth, and they sank very much. And horns, with a beard, the same as on our New Year's paintings. ”

"And then?" Huo Yu asked again.

"Then there was a rainstorm, and the dragon was gone."

"Heavy rain?"

"Yes, lightning and thunder, heavy rain. After the rain, I wanted to bring my friends from the same village to see the dragon, but the dragon was gone, and a row of old seals were left on the ground. ”

Hearing this, Sutina, who was gnawing on frozen pears, did not move, her brows furrowed like the folds on the old man's face. The centenarian is indeed dizzy, but when he recalls this incident from his childhood, it is as clear as remembering what happened yesterday. There was an eerie sense of reality in it, which she couldn't accept for a while.

"And then the falling dragon, you know? The one at the train station. Huo Yu asked again.

"I've been asked about it, and I've been interviewed by a lot of people. But I didn't know about it, and I hadn't experienced it, so I didn't dare to say it. Zhang Yuanming said slowly.

Huo Yu wanted to ask something more, but Song Wenbin saw that his grandson outside the door glanced at the inner room from time to time, his expression was quite serious, and he understood that he was worried that his grandfather was mentally tired from communicating with people for a long time, so he said to Huo Yu: "Grandpa Zhang should rest, I think I should ask here today, and come back after you have questions." ”

Huo Yu woke up, closed the book with some regret, and said, "Thanks for sharing, grandpa, you can rest first." ”

The brief interview ended quickly, and the grandson outside the door hurried in, wiped the saliva from the old man's mouth, and tucked a messy blanket for him.

But the old man didn't realize it, he subconsciously took his grandson's hand, looked at Huo Yu and Song Wenbin, and said unsatisfactorily: "My second master was fishing at that time, and I was also curious at that time, and asked me what the second master dragon was." The second master told me that the dragon is the king of fish. ”

Song Wenbin, who was already about to leave, was stunned.

"The Fish King?" He asked rhetorically.

"Well, when the dragon swims in the water, there are many fish around it, and the dragon doesn't eat those fish, but the fish eat the slime on the dragon's body."

"Is that the fishy one?" Huo Yu asked in surprise.

"Huh??"

The old man didn't seem to hear Huo Yu's question clearly.

Song Wenbin saw that the old man's eyes were dizzy, and he understood that he was running out of energy. He really didn't dare to ask any more, so he hurriedly pulled Huo Yu out of the inner room. After saying goodbye to the old man's family, the three of them re-entered the cold street.

"Huh??"

As soon as she went out, Sutina couldn't wait to make an abstract sound.

"Does this guy know what he just said? Good guy dragon doesn't eat fish, what does the dragon eat in the water, doesn't eat anything, grows to ten meters? ”

Song Wenbin and Huo Yu didn't know how to answer, this interview was really incredible, and the content of what was told was far beyond common sense.

Sutina was about to go crazy, "According to this guy's words, whether the dragon is a reptile or an amphibian, it has scales and long legs and can fly." ”

"That's a dragon."

Huo Yu said longingly: "The spring equinox ascends to the sky, and the autumn equinox dives into the abyss, how can we imagine it." ”

Unlike Huo Yu, who was full of romance at the moment, Sutina was much more pragmatic, she said: "Such a creature cannot exist, if you want to say that the dragon ascends to the sky, why does the dragon ascend to the sky?" What's the picture? Courtship. I don't believe it, it's so ridiculous, the old man's words are almost like a dream, and he opens his mouth to come. ”

"I think Mrs. Zhang is just talking about what he saw and heard when he was young, there is no need to say this, he is more than 100 years old, there is no reason to lie to us." Song Wenbin said.

"He said fish have long legs." Sutina shouted.

"Uh......" Song Wenbin thought about that picture, it was indeed a little strange.

"What's wrong with the long legs of the fish? The platypus still has a duck's beak. ”

Huo Yu couldn't help but complain, now that she has the endorsement of her uncle, she is much more confident, and she is not timid in front of Su Tina.

"No, Huo Yu, you really believe that this thing exists."

Sutina sighed: "He said that dragons don't eat fish, and he said that dragons are ten meters long, so if according to him, what do dragons eat to grow to ten meters." ”

"Blue whales still eat shrimp! They said it when we went to the North Pole! Song Wenbin thought of what he had seen and heard, and couldn't help but share.

"Yes!" Huo Yu looked at Song Wenbin appreciatively, "Blue whales still eat shrimp!" ”

Sutina was anxious and argued loudly: "The blue whale eats shrimp because there are scale shrimp everywhere in its ecological environment!" That's why whales can grow so big, but judging from these sightings, the dragon seems to be a freshwater creature, how did freshwater fish grow so big?!! ”

"Uh... I'm just casually saying that I don't understand anything, you know. Song Wenbin immediately withered.

Huo Yu was not convinced, and asked, "What did you say earlier, the white sturgeon, what do you eat?" ”

"Hey! You can't ask me, although sturgeon will live on insect snails when they are young, but when they grow up, they will eat grass carp, silver carp and other freshwater fish! ”

Sutina triumphantly displays her amazing memory.

"Well..."

Huo Yu stretched out his tone.

"Although the white sturgeon is extinct, it is a part of the food chain. As for dragons. ”

Sutina spread out her hand, "I really don't know which link it is in the food chain, if you force it, this size of the creature must be the top consumer, but listening to what Uncle Zhang said, it still seems to belong to the provider." ”

"Then you think Mr. Zhang Yuanming is lying."

"I didn't say that, but I think it's something that can't be verified, like UFOs, and it's part of the unsolved mystery." Sutina spoke eloquently.

"That's not what you said before." Huo Yu was surprised.

"What did I say before?" Sutina asked rhetorically.

"You just say it doesn't exist."

"Of course not, what are you thinking?"

Sutina said angrily: "I don't know why this thing can fly, I don't know what it eats and grows so big, how do you want me to believe that this thing exists." ”

"Anyway, no matter what you say, I believe it."

Huo Yu said with a reverent face and folded his hands: "In some corner of the world, there must be a creature that we have no way to understand, and it can fly and swim. ”

"Ah!!h

Su tina was so angry that she said loudly: "I misread you Huo Yu, you are actually all the way with investors!" ”

Song Wenbin didn't understand why his two female colleagues always quarreled over such a thing. This feeling is like arguing over "what if you win a million", but the 1 million shadows are not yet there.

"Don't make any noise, what's so noisy about this kind of thing."

Song Wenbin said.

But no one listened to him.

"Huh??"

Huo Yu was puzzled: "How did I follow her all the way??" Just because I believe there are dragons? She and I are both women. ”

"No!! Listen to me!!! ”

Sutina explained loudly: "Physics is unforgiving, it doesn't change because of your beliefs, if you make up a non-existent creature out of thin air just because you believe, then you should write it, you shouldn't come to make a show!" As hosts, we must be objective and fair!! ”

"Okay, even if you're right, I still believe the old man's words are true. Science is only one part of the world, and science is not everything! Huo Yu didn't care.

"What!? dum!! Damn, science is currently the only effective and authentic means for human beings to understand the world! Can something else change the world!? ”

Song Wenbin saw that Su Tina was getting more and more excited, and hurriedly grabbed her and said, "If you really think that dragons don't exist, isn't it a very outrageous thing to quarrel over something that doesn't exist?" ”

Sutina was stunned for a few seconds, and couldn't help blushing: "You are also towards her!?" Do you think there's that too? ”

"No, I didn't say it!"

"Then what kind of mud are you doing here!! This is a different position, do you understand! ”

Huo Yu twisted his neck, looking like I believe it, what can you do with me.

Sutina's fierce saliva sprayed on Song Wenbin's face, he couldn't help but wipe the saliva on his face, and said patiently: "I just don't understand, why do you have to quarrel over the position, if the dragon does not exist objectively, then the position exists objectively?" I mean, there is no such thing as a substance in the world, let's call it a position. ”

"Huh??"

Song Wenbin's words stunned Sutina.

"Actually, whether you have a dragon or not, is it important? I don't think it matters anymore, I mean, we're human, right? People have people's lives. Even if there is a dragon, the dragon has a dragon life. ”

"What do you think there are dragons?" Sutina was incredulous.

"It's not... I mean, it doesn't matter!! Song Wenbin said: "If you do some show effects, the quarrel will be noisy, why do I think, you two are here for real??" ”

"This kind of thing is very important, just like Huo Yu believes that there is a dragon, which means that Huo Yu must lack reason and is easy to be impulsive, which is a shortcoming." Sutina said solemnly.

Huo Yu immediately sneered and said, "Sister, if you think that you can comment on others casually if you are rich and rich, then you are very wrong, this is arrogance, you have to change!" ”

"Hey! I'm not commenting, I'm just stating objective facts!! Sutina stomped her feet frantically: "Objective facts!! Science!! Got it!! ”

"Do you think science is important?"

"Important!!" Sutina said.

"Then don't you think it's heinous to not talk about science?"

"It's not..."Sutina was in a hurry, "What else can you talk about if you don't talk about science!" ”

"No, the person next to you, the religious head of Seoul, who didn't graduate from high school, and the one who doesn't pay attention to science, what do you think?"

Song Wenbin was speechless: "Why do you want people to pull it again!" I'm very scientific, okay! ”

"Brother Song wants to improve!" Sutina clenched her fists hard.

Song Wenbin raised his eyebrows and spread his hands.

"Do you still have to go to an adult college?" Huo Yu asked aggressively.

"This ......," Sutina hesitated.

"Do you also think that he has a low education?"

Huo Yu asked quickly, not giving Sutina time to react at all.

"He...!!"

Sutina braked suddenly, shut up and stopped talking.

Okay.

Song Wenbin was completely speechless.

This excuse was played, and he was given ten brains, and he couldn't imagine that these two girls would come up with this play.

"Hmm——— Huo!! Rain!! ”

Sutina's face bulged into a bun as time passed.

"I don't like you anymore!!"

"Hahaha~"

Huo Yu laughed evilly.

(End of chapter)